Customers to Buenos Grill can easily find the nutrional values of the different dishes on placards at the order counter. Photo by Tim Dunn/RGJ

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Washoe County has jumped on a national trend to inform eaters how wide their waistlines will get next time they sit down at a local restaurant.

The county started a pilot program in 2011 to put nutritional facts on local restaurant menus.

The program today works with a $5,000 annual budget through the Washoe County Health District to determine nutritional facts at local restaurants, and the goal is to expand the program as national chains comply with upcoming federal regulation, county health educator Kelli Seals said. ...